Nintendo's new lineup includes Pikmin 3, Super Mario 3D World, Mario Kart 8, Yoshi's New Island, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, Wii Party U and a new version of Super Smash Brothers that will come out for both Wii U and 3DS. As part of its Nintendo Direct concept, the company has set up demo kiosks in Best Buy stores across the U.S., allowing the public to play demo versions of Mario 3D World, Mario Kart 8, Wind Waker HD and Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze.

Nintendo announced that Wii Fit U, the sequel to the smash hit fitness software Wii Fit, would be delayed until December. The company also showed trailers for third-party games Bayonetta 2 and a large-scale open-world game called X, being made by Monolift Soft.

This is not a terrible showing by any means for the venerable video-game pioneer. Many crowd favorites are here with new twists. All of Nintendo's games look beautiful and seem to play well. But it's hard to escape the feeling that Nintendo is ceding ground on novelty, allowing Microsoft and Sony to take chances on new technology or ideas, while Nintendo is content to churn out safe (and probably strong-selling) new versions of the same old games.